Full Result 4.00 Cheltenham | 14 November 1999

NSPCC Racing To Help Children Bumper Standard Open National Hunt Flat Race Class B

(Class 2) (4-6yo) (2m87yds) 2m½f Old Good

1st £7,197.50 2nd £2,180 3rd £1,065 4th £507.50

Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1	5. Best Mate (IRE) 10/1 Jim Culloty Henrietta C Knight	Jim Culloty Henrietta C Knight	4	110	–	98	133	–
b g Un Desperado (FR) - Katday (FR) (Miller's Mate)
Tracked leaders, lost position 7f out, soon recovered, challenged over 1f out, hard driven inside last to lead final 100 yards (op 5-1 tchd 12-1 in places)

2 ¾	8. Hard To Start (IRE) 14/1 Mr R Widger ³ Philip Hobbs	Mr R Widger ³ Philip Hobbs	4	1011	–	94	132	–
b g Supreme Leader - Sea Skin (Buckskin)
In touch, headway 4 out, chased leaders going well 2 out, strong run under pressure final furlong, finished well but not pace of winner (op 12-1 tchd 16-1 in places)

3 1¼ [2]	4. Southern Star (IRE) 5/1 L Corcoran ⁵ Mark Pitman	L Corcoran ⁵ Mark Pitman	4	1013	–	95	135	–
ch g Montelimar (USA) - Flying Pegus (Beau Chapeau)
Pulled hard early, tracked leaders, led over 3f out, ridden over 1f out, headed and no extra final 100 yards (op 3-1 tchd 11-2 in places)

4 22 [24]	7. Captain Zinzan (NZ) 9/2 Andrew Thornton John Dunlop	Andrew Thornton John Dunlop	4	110	–	75	109	–
b g Zabeel (NZ) - Lady Springfield (NZ) (Sharivari)
Held up in rear, pushed along and headway 3f out, weakened 2f out (op 4-1 after 8-1 in places tchd 5-1)

5 2½ [26½]	10. Lord Scroop (IRE) 16/1 Ollie McPhail ³ D Nicholson	Ollie McPhail ³ D Nicholson	5	1011	–	70	106	–
br g Supreme Leader - Henry Woman (IRE) (Mandalus)
Led 6f, stayed pressing leaders, ridden 3f out, weakened over 2f out (op 10-1)

6 1 [27½]	3. Pippin's Ford (IRE) 6/1 Joe Tizzard Paul Nicholls	Joe Tizzard Paul Nicholls	4	114	–	76	109	–
b g Shahanndeh (IRE) - Shakoura (FR) (Labus)
Held up, headway 6f out, ridden 3f out, weakened over 2f out (op 5-1 tchd 7-1 and 15-2 in a place)

7 8 [35½]	1. Phal 14/1 L Cummins T G Mills	L Cummins T G Mills	5	117	–	71	104	–
b g Derrylin - Royal Birthday (St Paddy)
With leader until led after 6f, headed over 3f out, soon weakened (op 10-1 tchd 16-1 in places)

8 2 [37½]	9. Inthemeantime I (IRE) 11/2 Norman Williamson Mark Pitman	Norman Williamson Mark Pitman	6	110	–	62	102	–
ch g Aristocracy (IRE) - N T Nad (Welsh Pageant)
Chased leaders, ridden over 3f out, soon weakened (op 4-1)

9 15 [52½]	6. Big Trouble 16/1 Jamie Goldstein ³ Nigel Twiston-Davies	Jamie Goldstein ³ Nigel Twiston-Davies	4	1011	–	44	80	–
b g Gildoran (IRE) - Bengal Lady (Celtic Cone)
Chased leaders until weakened 4f out (op 8-1)

10 11 [63½]	2. Halexy (FR) 11/4F A P McCoy Venetia Williams	A P McCoy Venetia Williams	4	114	–	40	73	–
b g Iron Duke (FR) - Tartifume II (FR) (Mistigri)
Behind, ridden and effort 7f out, weakened 5f out (official explanation: trainer could not explain the poor run) (op 5-2 tchd 3-1 and 100-30 in places)

10 ran Off time: 4:00:00 Winning time: 4m 2.00s (slow by 18.00s) Total SP: 126%
1st owner: Jim Lewis (Best Mate) 1st breeder: Jacques Van't Hart
2nd owner: Ms C Hehir (Hard To Start)
3rd owner: Southern Brick & Tile Co Ltd (Southern Star)
Tote win: £13.60 PL: £3.10 £3.50 £2.30 Ex: £55.80 CSF: £136.92 Trifecta: £621.80 Place 6 £42.69, Place 5 £37.52
Jackpot: £34,040.60 to a £1 stake. Pool: £47,944.59. 0.80 winning tickets
Placepot: £19.90 to a £1 stake. Pool: £69,042.87. 2,532.12 winning tickets.
Quadpot: £7.10 to a £1 stake. Pool: £2,860.03. 297.74 winning tickets.

4:00 Cheltenham 14 Nov 1999

NSPCC Racing To Help Children Bumper Standard Open National Hunt Flat Race Class B